Is there a link between African iron overload and the described mutations of the hereditary haemochromatosis gene?

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1176-1178

  McNamara, L ^a   MacPhail, A P ^a   Gordeuk, V R ^b   Hasstedt, S J ^c   Rouault, T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^d EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

HFE; Iron overload; PCR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 6; DNA DETERMINATION; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC LINKAGE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IRON METABOLISM; IRON OVERLOAD; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AFRICA; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; IRON OVERLOAD; MALE; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0031687548     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1998.00917.x     Document Type: Article

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